The Asia Cup was founded in 1983 to promote goodwill within Asian countries. And this league is played only in Asian Continental, and the winner is named Asian Champion.
The Indian team is the most successful team in the Asia Cup, whose name includes seven titles of the Asia Cup. Today’s article will discuss the top 10 unsung facts about Asia Cup.
1. Who can participate in the Asia Cup?
Only Asian countries participate in Asia Cup, and few more from the Middle East. The Asia Cup tournament was held in 1984 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, for the first time since its inception.
2. First Asia Cup
Did you know only three countries, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, participated in the first Asia Cup?
3. Most Victories
The most successful team in the Asia Cup is India, who registered seven victories in the tournament in 1984, 1988, 1990–91, 1995, 2010, and 2018. Sri Lanka is the second most successful team five times, followed by Pakistan two times, Bangladesh and Afghanistan one time each.
4. Highest Individual Score In Asia Cup
Virat Kohli is the only player with the highest individual score in the Asia Cup. Scoring 183 runs in 148 balls.
5. Which country has hosted the Asia Cup most of the time
Bangladesh hosted the most number of Asia Cup, and Bangladesh Cricket player is the first player in the Asia Cup to score four fifties in a row.
6. Highest Partnership in Asia Cup
Pakistan has registered the most runs (224) in partnership in Asia Cup.
7. Tournament was canceled
In 1993, the tournament was canceled entirely due to perverted relations between India and Pakistan.
8. India got defeated
In 1997, Sri Lanka defeated India in the final at home ground, and in the year 2000 could not make it into the final for the first time in Asia Cup history.
9. Significant Change in Asia Cup
In 2004, one significant change occurred in Asia Cup, separating the game into three stages 1st the group stage, 2nd Super Fours, and the third one were Final.
10. Most individual runs in Asia Cup
The five players with the most individual runs in Asia Cup are Virat Kohli (IND)122*, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG) 84, Mohammad Rizwan (PAK) 78*, Rohit Sharma (IND) 72, and Bhanuka Rajapaksa (SL) 71*.
